Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes - Page 23

• Of the book of books most wondrous is the tender book of love.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Book, Wondrous

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• A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Giving, Mind

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.115, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression.

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  Character, Light, Color

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• It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Mistake, Self, Rate

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• He who moves not forward, goes backward.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Courage, Moving, Growth

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.3084, Delphi Classics

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• We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor to erase them.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Memories, Believe, Atheism

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, David E. Wellbery (1988). “The Sorrows of Young Werther ; Elective Affinities ; Novella”, p.35, Princeton University Press

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• It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Hero, Men, Said

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• The eternal female draws us onward.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Female, Draws, Eternal

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• Legislators and revolutionaries who promise both equality and liberty are visionaries and charlatans.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Political, Promise, Liberty

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1963). “Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims”

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• Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Majority, Persuasion

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.52

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• How circumscribed is woman's destiny!

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Destiny

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Anna SWANWICK (1843). “Selections from the Dramas of Goethe and Schiller, Translated, with Introductory Remarks, by Anna Swanwick”, p.2

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• I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Memorable, Unrequited Love, Feelings

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2000). “Selected Works: Including The Sorrows of Young Werther, Elective Affinities, Italian Journey, Faust”, Everyman's Library

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• There is no patriotic art.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Art, Patriotic

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1963). “Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims”

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• I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Wish, Crowds, Let Me

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Faust”, p.13, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Philosopher, Scholar, Great Philosophers

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1889). “Early and miscellaneous letters”

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• Experience is only half of experience.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Experience, Half

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• The older I get the more I trust in the law according to which the rose and the lily bloom.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Nature, Law, Rose

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• The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Government, Individual, Century

  Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1989). “Criticisms, Reflections, and Maxims of Goethe”, Richard West

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• No one knows what he is doing so long as he is acting rightly; but of what is wrong one is always conscious.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Long, Acting, Conscious

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• Sceptics are yet the most credulous.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Skepticism, Sceptic

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• There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

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  Family, Inspiring, Children

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• Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Sweet, Accomplishment, Lips

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• Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Passion, Power, Vices

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• Whoever aspiring, struggles on, for him there is salvation.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Struggle, Salvation

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• With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails, Like kittens playing with their tails.

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  Tails, Ease, Littles

  BookCaps, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2012). “Faust in Plain and Simple English: First Part of the Tragedy: (A Modern Translation and the Original Version): BookCaps Study Guide”, p.177, BookCaps Study Guides

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